Imperial Multiplayer Era - version 0.17 released

Post by **turin** » July 11th, 2006, 2:08 am

Temuchin Khan wrote:Never mind. Since making that post, I've noticed that in the latest version of the imperial era, the line is "Fey -> Seeress -> Galdra", which is much better than what I suggested in my previous post. Stick with "Fey"!

OK. I like the name Fey too.

Temuchin Khan wrote:I'm not sure. I'll have to do a bit more research on this.

Sounds good. It's not a big deal, since I've already written descriptions - I just don't know if they accurately reflect Marauder society. And more info would be good for campaigns, etc.

Temuchin Khan wrote:If I remember rightly, the spatha was primarily issued to cavalrymen, so the Nemidians should probably be equipped with a spatha. As for the light infantrymen, I suspect that, being infantrymen, they would have been issued a gladius rather than a spatha.

So, nemidians get spathas? Right now they have 'scimitars', which always seemed out of place to me.

This wiki page says that "Originally the Spatha was worn by cavalry officers and auxiliaries in the later Roman armies", so auxiliaries might should get spathas as well. I dunno.

Post by **turin** » July 11th, 2006, 2:44 am

BTW, as you might have read I'm going to be gone for two weeks... I probably won't make any posts until the 25th or 26th. Ranger M has commit privileges, as does Disto, so development won't cease completely... hopefully you get some balancing done while I'm gone.

oreb - the chest is for Wesnoth History, and the ? is a placeholder for a future campaign.

up to speed.... well, there are some new Marauder units (Fay line and the levels 2 and 3 of Boatsman line), and hopefully that's all the new units needed for the the three primary factions (lavinians, marauders, sidhe). Right now we want to balance those three against each other and then release 1.0.

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » July 11th, 2006, 4:02 am

turin wrote:This wiki page says that "Originally the Spatha was worn by cavalry officers and auxiliaries in the later Roman armies", so auxiliaries might should get spathas as well. I dunno.

In the last centuries of the Western Roman Empire's existence, her armies did not much resemble the Roman armies of the classical age. They had very large contingents of German mercenaries, including German cavalrymen. Even many of the generals were German. I vote for giving the spatha to the Nemidians, but keeping the gladius as the weapon of the auxiliaries.

turin wrote:Ranger M has commit privileges, as does Disto, so development won't cease completely

Here's one thing that seems odd: in 0.13, the Imperial Era has been split into two branches. All the factions (except the Aragwaithi, I think) have apparantly been included with the download, and it would seem that one branch is meant for balancing the main factions while the other is meant for using all the factions, but when I play either of the branches, only the Lavinians, Marauders, and Sidhe are available and not other factions.

Am I missing something?

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » July 11th, 2006, 8:36 am

Temuchin Khan wrote:
turin wrote:Ranger M has commit privileges, as does Disto, so development won't cease completely
Here's one thing that seems odd: in 0.13, the Imperial Era has been split into two branches. All the factions (except the Aragwaithi, I think) have apparantly been included with the download, and it would seem that one branch is meant for balancing the main factions while the other is meant for using all the factions, but when I play either of the branches, only the Lavinians, Marauders, and Sidhe are available and not other factions.

Am I missing something?

Yes, one should be the balanced/being balanced era, with the Lavinians, maurauders and sidhe (for now, others get added once balance between them has been worked out, and then they get balanced, etc) and the other should contain all of the factions. So both being the balanced era doesn't make sense, I'll download the IE from the server and check it out.

specops · Post by **specops** » July 12th, 2006, 7:26 am

In single player, the abilities for the Lavinians exist. In multiplayer (Human vs. AI mode), they do not.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » July 16th, 2006, 4:15 am

After playing I.E again, I have some problems

1. The Marauder Tub Units, when on water they're in their tubs, when on land walking, but when they go from land to water, they walk on water

2. I belived it has been discussed that no archer will be better or as great as the Wild Elves, the Lavinian Siege Archer is better than the elves at lv 1 with 6-4 (change to 5-4) and the level 2 and 3 should be changed according to the level 1.

3. SIdhe Ancestors still seem to have those advancement bugs, and no one (except me) has tried fixing them.

<X> Pillager · Post by **<X> Pillager** » July 16th, 2006, 5:56 pm

Oreb wrote:After playing I.E again, I have some problems

1. The Marauder Tub Units, when on water they're in their tubs, when on land walking, but when they go from land to water, they walk on water

I think this is a game bug, not my fault. I#ll look into it u

Oreb wrote:e="Oreb"]2. I belived it has been discussed that no archer will be better or as great as the Wild Elves, the Lavinian Siege Archer is better than the elves at lv 1 with 6-4 (change to 5-4) and the level 2 and 3 should be changed according to the level 1.

Fine. Should it go to 16 gold, then?

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » July 16th, 2006, 6:58 pm

Great era! I use it most of the time when I play the Al (In game it looks like Al not AI) and it doesnt seem to have many problems balance wise. Awsome looking units too.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » July 17th, 2006, 1:02 am

<X> Pillager wrote:
Oreb wrote:After playing I.E again, I have some problems

1. The Marauder Tub Units, when on water they're in their tubs, when on land walking, but when they go from land to water, they walk on water
I think this is a game bug, not my fault. I#ll look into it u
Oreb wrote:e="Oreb"]2. I belived it has been discussed that no archer will be better or as great as the Wild Elves, the Lavinian Siege Archer is better than the elves at lv 1 with 6-4 (change to 5-4) and the level 2 and 3 should be changed according to the level 1.
Fine. Should it go to 16 gold, then?

I made a Typo it should be Elves

If you mean 16 gold by reducing the damage therefore lowering the cost than yes

<X> Pillager · Post by **<X> Pillager** » July 17th, 2006, 4:25 pm

OK. Another thing for my todo list. If anyone wants to do the changes themselves so its done quicker, they can... basically, Lavinian Bowman gets -1 ranged damage, -1 gold.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » July 17th, 2006, 4:46 pm

<X> Pillager wrote:OK. Another thing for my todo list. If anyone wants to do the changes themselves so its done quicker, they can... basically, Lavinian Bowman gets -1 ranged damage, -1 gold.

I'll do it.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » July 17th, 2006, 4:54 pm

I've also taken 1 damage off the advancements too (the Siege Archer and Saggitarius, not the Ballista, and Archuballistarius, because the point was to make them do less damage than the Sidhe), if that was a mistake tell me and I'll fix it.

<X> Pillager · Post by **<X> Pillager** » July 17th, 2006, 6:28 pm

Nope, sounds good.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » July 20th, 2006, 2:49 am

Sicne the wild elf Windrunner is supposed to be the finet spearman in the land, I decided to make the level 3 only have the marksman ability.

Also, the Ancestor advancement has been fixed, either or its own or by someone

<X> Pillager · Post by **<X> Pillager** » July 21st, 2006, 6:34 am

That was me before I left, IIRC.